A recent weight loss fad was HCG and weight loss. HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) was claimed by some to help lose weight quickly, but is this true?
Consider the following:
To start with, if you are wondering that HCG is a new wonder-drug, you are wrong! It is just a hormone which is already present in the human body. The hormone is found in abundance in the body of pregnant women. This is the reason why any woman who tests positive for it is confirmed to be pregnant.
People didn’t know about the benefits of HCG on overweight people until a notorious author called Kevin Trudeau came up with a book which claimed that HCG can assist us to lose weight. For those who don’t know, Kevin Trudeau has already spent a considerable amount of time in jail for several violations of FTC guidelines. While Kevin Trudeau claims that HCG is a miraculous hormone that can help people lose weight more quickly than any other weight loss supplement, there is no medical or scientific evidence that backs up this claim. Not even the manufacturers who produce a synthesized version of this hormone claim that it is beneficial for obese people. There are only a few doctors and experts who are claiming that they have proof of it’s effectiveness on overweight people.
For almost forty years, several tests and studies were done on HCG to test the validity of these claims. A lot of research was done regarding the effectiveness of HCG on overweight people. No study or research done to date has been able to prove that HCG indeed helps one lose weight. So how can the anyone claim the opposite?
Well, in case you don’t know, if you opt for HCG treatment, doctors will also ask you to follow a low calorie diet. So whether it is the low calorie diet or the HCG hormone that is helping people to lose weight is unclear.
Lastly, HCG has been banned in the US for a long time. If you want to purchase synthetic HCG, you will need to purchase it either on the black market or import it from another country, both of which can prove very costly.
I would recommend that until the effectiveness of HCG is fully proved, you should just follow the old method of healthy food plan and exercises. A healthy food plan doesn’t mean that you will have to stop eating; just eat a lot of raw vegetables and fruits, and drink lots of water, and make sure that you avoid the fatty and junk foods as much as possible! This is a proven way to weight loss success.
